Friday, September 16, 2011

The flood in Pakistan


All of the 40 houses there were destroyed by the heavy rains and resulting floods. The destruction was astonishing to see.  A few walls remained here-and-there but, not much else.In fact, there was no way of getting close to what was left of the village apart from swimming through murky flood water that is nearly a metre and a half deep.
It rained so hard in Pakistan. The heavy rains are back because of the monsoon time of the year. Nothing can prepare the citizens there, but to see the devastated causes after all the rains.  A lot of people lost their home, and they are in great hunger. 


There are more than twenty millions of people who's affected by this worst flooding disaster in the country's history. What is left there is just left over pieces of destroyed furniture, and some people are still trying to collect what they can find that belongs to them. Their lives and future seemed very bleak. 


One of the flood victim, Nazia Bibi said, " the roof of our house collapsed while we were [ the family] eating. Two of my daughters are dead, and one of them is carrying her second child."  
She and her son-in law couldn't help, but only to wait for aides to help and hopefully the the land would recover soon. 


The government has not been doing anything that will help the victims yet, but some aides are starting slowly to arrive. The citizens there are saying their lives are destroyed and hopeless. They are in great hunger, and without shelter. 
Although the rain had stopped, the suffers of citizens there has not. 



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